gene splicing

noun

A technique in which fragments of DNA (often from different individuals or species) are combined to form recombinant DNA, especially as a part of genetic engineering.

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Meanings

noungene splicing (usually uncountable, plural gene splicings)

plural gene splicings

  1. uncountableusuallybiologyA technique in which fragments of DNA (often from different individuals or species) are combined to form recombinant DNA, especially as a part of genetic engineering.

    The feat was accomplished using the gene-splicing techniques known as recombinant DNA technology.

    1980 January 19, “The Promise of Gene-Splicing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Translations

Finnish silmukointi
  • silmukointigenetic technique
German Genspleißen
  • Genspleißengenetic technique
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APA

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